1 Welcome!

a b

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Key Vocabulary
Hello & good-bye
A Complete the chart with the phrases in the box.
1 a Work in pairs. Look at photos a–c. Find… Bye Hi How are you?
1 hello to family. 2 good-bye. 3 hello to a new person. Nice to meet you See you
b What do you say in your language?
Hello Good-bye
2 Complete A and B in the Key Vocabulary panel .

3 a 1.3 Listen and complete the conversations.

1 A , I’m Laura.
B ! I’m Mark. Nice to meet you. ● 1.1 Listen and check. Listen again and repeat.
2 A , Nico.
B , Elena. See you! B Match the phrases in the box to pictures a–c.
3 A ! Welcome home. How are you?
Good afternoon Good evening Good morning
B I’m fine, thanks. And you?
A I’m fine. a b
b Listen again and check. Match the conversations to
photos a–c.

4 Complete C in the Key Vocabulary panel .

5 a Work in pairs. Practice the conversations in 3a.

c
b Exchange roles and repeat.

6 Work in pairs. Look at the pictures. Continue the

conversations with your partner.

Bye, Rachel.

● 1.2 Listen and repeat.

Notice
We use Good evening when we see people.
We use Good night when we say good-bye to
people at night.

C Read conversation 3 in 3a again. Complete the

sentences.

How are you? I'm , thanks.

Hi, Andy. How are you?

7 Stand up. Introduce yourself to the class.

And ?
Hello, I'm Magda. Hi Magda, I'm Yannis. Nice to meet you!

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 1.1 About Me Practice the verb to be: i, you
Talk about your nationality

a b c d

Vocabulary: Countries & nationalities

1 Work in pairs. Match the countries in the chart to photos a–f.

Country Nationality
Brazil
f
Japan
Russia
Spain
the UK
the USA

Notice
the UK = the United Kingdom
the USA = the United States of America
Reading & Listening
2 a Complete the chart in 1 with the nationalities in the box. 1 a Read the conversation. Find a question about…
1 your name. 2 your country.
American Brazilian British
Japanese Russian Spanish A Hi, I’m Katie. What’s your name?
B I’m Michi.
b 1.4 Listen and check. Listen again and repeat.
A Where are you from, Michi?
Word Bank B I’m from Japan. And you?
1.5
A I’m from the USA. I’m American.
See page 109 for more countries and nationalities.
b 1.6 Listen and repeat the conversation.
3 Are your country and nationality in 1? If not, add them. Ask
your teacher or use a dictionary. 2 a Work in pairs. Practice the conversation
in 1. Use your name and nationality.
b Exchange roles and repeat.

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3 a 1.7 Listen and underline the words you hear. Present Simple To Be: I, You
A Hello. / Hi. Am I in your class? + Full form Contracted form
B What’s your name? I am Canadian. I’(1) Canadian.
A Cristina Torres. (2)
You are Canadian. You’ Canadian.
B Are you Brazilian / Spanish,
Cristina? − Full form Contracted form
A Yes, I am. / No, I’m not. I am not Brazilian. I’m (3) Brazilian.
B No, you aren’t in my class. (4)
You are not Brazilian. You Brazilian.
You’re in Class C.
In questions, the verb comes before the subject.
? (5)
I in your class?
(6) Spanish?
you

b Listen again and check. Yes/No answers

Yes, I am./No, I’m (7) .
4 Work in pairs. Practice the conversation in 3a. Yes, you are./No, you aren’t.
We use contracted forms in short no answers:
Grammar No, I’m not./No, you aren’t.
We do not use contracted forms in short yes answers:
1 Work in pairs. Underline these forms of the verb to be
in the conversations in Reading & Listening 1a and 3a. Yes, I am./Yes, you are.
1 I’m, I am, I’m not, am I? See page 98 for grammar reference and more practice.
2 you’re, you aren’t, are you?

2 Complete 1–7 in the Grammar panel with the correct

forms of the verb to be.
Speaking
1 a Work in pairs. Act out a conversation between
3 a Work in pairs. Rewrite the sentences. the people in photos 1 and 2.
Use contracted forms of the verb to be.
● Say hello.
1 I am American. I’m American. ● Ask and answer about names and nationalities.
2 You are from Italy.
3 I am Colombian. Student A Student B
4 You are in my class.
5 I am Roberto.

b Change the sentences in 3a to the negative form. Use

contracted forms of the verb to be.
I’m not American.

4 a Make questions for your partner. Use the correct

form of the verb to be. 1 Name: Elliott 2 Name: Nina
1 I / in your class? Am I in your class? Nationality: American Nationality: Russian
2 you / my teacher?
3 you / from Egypt?
4 I / your partner?
5 you / Stefan?

b Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions.

Use short yes/no answers.

Am I in your class?
Yes, you are. 3 Name: Jing 4 Name: Emre
Nationality: Chinese Nationality: Turkish

b Repeat with photos 3 and 4.

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 1.2 One, Two, Three... Practice the verb to be: he, she, it
Talk about phone numbers & ages

Vocabulary: Numbers Reading & Listening

1 a Match the number words to photos a–k. Notice phone numbers
eight one three
In phone numbers we say oh or zero:
five seven two
04 = oh four OR zero four
four six zero
nine ten We say double when two numbers are the same:
77 = double seven
a b c
1 a 1.9 Listen and write the numbers.

A What’s your phone number?

B 1486 7991. What’s your phone number?
A It’s 1940 .
B What’s the country code?
A It’s , for Mexico.

b Listen again and repeat.

d e f
2 Work in pairs. Practice the conversation
with your phone number.

Word Bank 1.10 & 1.11

See page 109 for numbers 11–100.

3 a 1.12 Read and listen to the conversations.

Match them to photos a–c on page 9.
1 A How old is she?
g h i
B She’s twenty-two. And how old is she?
A She’s twenty-four.

2 A How old is it?

B It’s thirteen years old. Is it a Honda?
A No, it isn’t. It’s a Nissan.
B OK. What’s the phone number?
A It’s 3945 6210.

3 A How old is he?

j k
B He’s sixty-seven.
A And how old is she? Twenty?
B No, she isn’t twenty. She’s about thirty.

b Work in pairs. Practice the conversations.

Notice age
We use to be + the number for age:
She’s nineteen (years old).
We use about when we don’t say the exact number:
She’s about twenty.
b 1.8 Listen and check. Listen again and repeat.

2 a Count from one to ten around the classroom. 4 Work in pairs. Ask your partner the question below.
Start again from one every time there is a mistake!
b Count backward from ten to one in the same way. How old are you? I’m thirty-two.

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Grammar 4 Make positive (+) and negative (–) sentences and
questions (?) with to be. Use contracted forms if
1 Work in pairs. Look at the sentences from Reading possible.
& Listening 3a. Which of the verb forms in bold are… 1 ? he / a student 4 ? how old / he
a) full forms? b) contracted forms? 2 − she / from Argentina 5 + he / Russian
1 He’s sixty-seven. 3 + it / three years old
2 Is it a Honda? No, it isn’t.
3 No, she isn’t twenty. 5 a Ask and answer the questions with your partner.
Use short answers.
2 Complete 1–4 in the Grammar panel with the Are you… 1 a student? 3 eighteen?
correct forms of the verb to be. 2 Canadian? 4 from Brazil?
3 Match the questions to the answers. b Write four true sentences about your partner.
1 How old is she? a It’s ten years old. She’s a student.
2 Is he Italian? b Yes, she is.
3 How old is it? c No, he isn’t.
4 Is she a student? d It’s 3981 3560.
Present Simple To Be:
5 What’s your phone e She’s twenty-four. He, She, It
number?
Full form Contracted form
+ He/She/It is twenty. He’/She’/It’(1) twenty.
− He/She/It is not thirty. He/She/It (2)
thirty.
a ? (3)
he/she/it twenty?

Yes/No answers
Yes, he is./No, he (4) .
See page 98 for grammar reference and more practice.

Pronunciation: Word stress

1 1.13 Listen and repeat.

thirteen thirty

2 a 1.14 Listen and underline the stress.

eighteen fifteen fifty forty ninety

seventeen seventy sixty
c
b Listen again and repeat.

Speaking
1 a Work in pairs. Look at photos 1–6 on page 115.
How old is he/she/it?
I think she’s about
twenty years old. No, I think she’s twenty-five.

b Compare answers around the classroom.

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 1.3 Functional Language: spelling

Tune In 5 Work in pairs. Practice the conversation in 4a.

Use a different country.
1 Look at the alphabet. Is it the same in your language?
2 1.15 Listen and repeat the letters of the alphabet. Intonation
1.18 Listen to how the speaker says Excuse me.
Focus on Language Practice saying the words with the correct intonation.

3 a Work in pairs. Complete the pronunciation chart

with the letters in the box.
6 a Work in pairs. Put the conversation in order, 1–5.
E Y J U L
B A-I-D-A-N.

/e/ /i/ /ɛ/ /ay/ /o/ /yu/ /ɑ/ A Excuse me. What’s your name?
A B F I O Q R
H C (3) (4) (5) A Thanks.
(1) D M W
B Aidan.
K (2) N
G S A How do you spell that?

P X
b 1.19 Listen and check.
T
V Over to You
Z
7 Work in pairs. Practice the conversation in 6a.
Use your name.
b 1.16 Listen and check. Repeat the letters.
8 Stand up. Ask and answer What’s your name? and How
4 a Read the conversation. do you spell that? with the other students in the class.
Underline the question
about spelling.
A Excuse me. How do you
spell Russia?
B R-U-S-S-I-A.

b 1.17 Listen and repeat

the conversation.

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 Speaking Task: giving contact information 1.4
Tune In 2 Read about Antonia. Complete the form.
1 a Work in pairs. Answer the questions.
My first name’s Antonia
and my last name's Rivera.
Do you keep contact info… My home phone number is
1 on your phone? 9304 6817 and my cell
2 on your computer? number is 7034 2280.
3 in your address book? My e-mail address is
antonia.rivera@mailnet.com.

CONTACT INFORMATION
(1)
name: Antonia
Last name: (2)
(3)
phone number: 9304 6817
(4)
number: 7034 2280
b Compare your answers with the class. Where do most (5)
E-mail : antonia.rivera@mailnet.com
people keep contact information?

Prepare for Task

Notice e-mail addresses
3 a 1.20 Listen and complete the conversation.
In e-mail addresses we say at for @ and dot for .
matthew@mailus.com = matthew at mailus dot com
antonia.rivera@mailnet.com = antonia dot rivera at
mailnet dot com

4 Are the contact information for Antonia (A) or Matthew (M)?

1 Last name: Huang
2 E-mail: antonia.rivera@mailnet.com
3 Home phone number: 7340 8951
4 Home phone number: 9304 6817

Task
A OK, what’s your name, please? 5 a Work in pairs. Ask about your partner’s contact
B My (1)
name is Matthew and my information. Use the conversation in 3a as a model.
(2)
is Huang.
b Exchange roles and repeat.
A How do you spell that?
B H-U-A-N-G.
A Thank you. What’s your phone number?
Report Back
B My (3) number is 73 (4) . 6 a Stand up. Give your contact information to the class.
Use Antonia’s words in 2 as a model.
A And what’s your (5) address?
B (6) @mailus.com. b How many students have the same first or last name?

b Listen again and check. Work in pairs. Practice

the conversation.

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